Wellington, Aug. 26 -- New Zealand have some major injury concerns ahead of a busy home summer, with a quartet of players facing time on the sidelines.
Pacer Will O'Rourke (back), all-rounder Glenn Phillips (groin), batter Finn Allen (foot) andwhite-ball skipper Mitchell Santner (groin) are all battling various ailments and are likely tomiss upcoming visits from Australia, England and the West Indies later this year.
O'Rourke's back injury is the most serious of the quartet, with the right-armer set to be out ofaction for at least three months after scans revealed he had a stress fracture in his lower back.
The 24-year-old was sent home when he picked up the injury during the first Test against Zimbabwe earlier this month and subsequent ...